The Creek Bag: How Forty-Seven Future Gold Coins Vanished from a Mint
The Creek Bag: How Forty-Seven Future Gold Coins Vanished from a Mint
A dog’s tug revealed a canvas bag with forty-seven individually sleeved gold proof coins dated 2020-coins that should not have existed until official production began in February. Who manufactured two hundred forty planchets off the books and why were nearly half dumped in a creek where a beagle might find them?
In this episode, you’ll hear how a routine trail detour led investigators to biometric logs, spoilage reports, and after-hours press runs at a federal-contract mint, and why one supervisor’s anomaly became the…
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